Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Clara Lago | ... | Carol | |
Juan José Ballesta | ... | Tomiche | |
Álvaro de Luna | ... | Don Amalio | |
María Barranco | ... | Aurora | |
Carmelo Gómez | ... | Adrián | |
Rosa Maria Sardà | ... | Maruja (as Rosa Mª Sardá) | |
Alberto Jiménez | ... | Alfonso | |
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Lucina Gil | ... | Dolores |
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Daniel Retuerta | ... | Culovaso |
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Andrés de la Cruz | ... | Cagurrio |
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Luna McGill | ... | Blanca |
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Andrés Lima | ... | Donato |
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Carlos Manzanares | ... | Daniel |
Carlos Kaniowsky | ... | Don Julio (as Carlos Kaniowski) | |
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Ana Villa | ... | Chana |
Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the secretive family environment. Her innocence and rebellious nature drive her at first to reject a world that is at once new and foreign. But she soon journeys into adulthood through a friendship with Maruja, the village teacher, and a young local boy, Tomiche. Written by Film Movement
Another Spanish movie about the 1936 Civil War. This time we're told about the story of Carol (lovely played by débutant Clara Lago), a little girl which comes to live to a little Spanish village from New York. It is such an initiating trip, and soon she'll find about the injustices of the human race, their stupid fights and conflicts, their contradictions.
Imanol Uribe makes his best film since "Días Contados" (1994) with such a sober pulse, a beautiful photography, and a nice script. He tries not to take part in the conflict, he just shows us some facts and let us decide (ok, the facts are explicit enough to make us decide in which band are we in) and he takes a huge advantage of the presence and the freshness of the young starring couple: Clara Lago and Juan José Ballesta.
A well cared production.
My rate: 7/10